Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015”.
Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the annual reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans.
Sec. 2 Requirement for enrollment data reporting for Medicare Advantage
Section 1859 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–28) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(h) Requirement for enrollment data reporting
“(1) In general—Not later than May 1 of each year (beginning with 2016), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on enrollment data of the plan year ending before January 1 of such year. Such enrollment data shall be presented—
“(A) by zip code, congressional district, and State; and
“(B) in a manner that provides for such data for each MA–PD plan and for each MA plan that is not an MA–PD plan.
“(2) Delay of deadline—If the Secretary is unable to submit a report under paragraph (1) by May 1 of year for data of the plan year ending before January 1 of such year, the Secretary shall, not later than April 30 of such year notify the committees described in such paragraph of—
“(A) such inability, including an explanation for such inability; and
“(B) the date by which the Secretary will provide such report, which shall be not later than June 1 of such year.”